...a photoBook is an autonomous art form, comparable with a piece of sculpture, a play or a film. The photographs lose their own photographic character as things 'in themselves' and become parts, translated into printing ink, of a dramatic event called a book...
- Dutch photography critic Ralph Prins

Noorderlicht Photogallery pays a tribute to fashion photography in its summer exhibition FASHION – The Story of a Lifetime. The exhibition shows vintage work from celebrated international fashion photographers and provides a unique overview of haute couture in the 20th century.

Noorderlicht brings together work by celebrated names such as Lillian Bassman, F.C. Gundlach, Frank Horvat, William Klein, Sarah Moon, Norman Parkinson, Melvin Sokolsky and Albert Watson. Their iconic photos – spread over the decades – are both timeless and profoundly linked to their times. The photographers introduced a totally new form of fashion photography and at the same time made this into a lifestyle. For them, fashion was literally the “Story of a Lifetime”.

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Great, thanks for posting! You should come and see the show, there are some marvelous pieces that are seen in Holland for the first time. And Groningen is a super cool city to hang out in, of course :)